NINAN THOMAS
Permanent Address: Matakal Thoppil, Trivandrum District, Kerala
State, India, PIN- 695 055.
Telephone Philippines +632 7514838 / Mobile +63 979 7701458 / India +91
471242199
Fax 632 840 3949
Email nthomas@aim.edu.ph / ninant@hotmail.com / c2076c@email.mot.com
BACKGROUND SUMMARY
Electronics Engineer by profession. Worked in the
Telecommunciations (switching/cellular/paging) Industry for 10 years.
Areas of operations were Business Development, Techno-marketing, Telecom
Infrastructure Development etc. A good team player with strong
communication, leadership, and quantitative skills.
EDUCATION
Asian Institute of Management, Manila, Philippines,
1997-1999
Candidate for the degree of Master in Business Management
Madurai Kamaraj University, India, 1985-1989
Bachelor of Engineering (Elec & Comm)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MOTOROLA- iDEN INTERNATIONAL , Jun 1998-Till date
Program Manager
Project Management & Business Development activities (proposal for
expansion, negotiations, planning, implementation etc.) of the
Motorola-iDEN cellular infrastructure for NEXTEL INTERNATIONAL- Phils.
NTT REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE-PHILIPPINES, Oct. 1997-May 1998
Consultant
Formulated the Business strategy for entry in to Satellite Industry and
GMPCS market
MOTOROLA - International Cellular Infrastructure Division, 1995-1997
Project Manager
Turnkey implementation of cellular infrastructure for BPL USWEST Telecom -
India. The job involved Business development, project planning,
scheduling, budgeting, financial reporting, logistics and manpower
planning and management. Hands-on experience on ins./comm. of cellular
subsystems.
Achievements - Built the cellular network (50 cell sites with MSC) in
record time of 4 months effectively reducing the project management
expenses by 25%. Received outstanding performance award. High level of
customer satisfaction resulted in immediate network expansion order.
BPL WIRELESS LTD., 1993-1995
Manager - Operations
As head of operations of Paging division with over 100 personnel, was
responsible for Marketing/Project Management (Radio paging infrastructure)
& Operations of the division.
Achievements - Was the key person in conceptualising, implementing, and
operating the paging network. Controlled the cost and increased the
efficiency by adopting strict operating procedures & marketing plan. The
division recorded profits in 24 months of operations as against 36 months,
in the business plan.
TATA (TELECOM DIVISION), 1989-1993
Territory Manager
Responsibility included Branch profitability, Sales target, Leading a team
of sales/service engineers in feasibility study, system engineering,
ins./comm. of digital switching equipments.
Achievements - Turned around the loss making branch in to a profit centre
by increasing the sales by 100% and exploring new business opportunities
by redefining the segment. Brought in the concept of "Solutions" through
Voice/Data PABX networking. This resulted in series of project orders from
segments like Police/fire/defence etc.
THESIS - Motorola -iDEN International : Business Strategy for MOTOROLA -
iDEN ,Philippines
OTHER INFORMATION
Honours/Awards Received: Outstanding performance award from
Motorola ICID - U.K
Selected by the
Ratan Tata Trust for the graduate assistance program.
Best Outgoing
Student
Training's/Seminars: Cellular Subsystems &TCS by Motorola University;
Paging Asia 95.
Professional Membership: IEEE ; Kerala Management Association.
Extracurricular Activity: President- Rotract Club ; Member YMCA; Founder
Member- AIM International Club; Member - AIM Business Club; Captain of
the Badminton team